Grain merchant.
Born at Brighton, Ontario, he worked for James Richardson and Sons, first at Kingston, Ontario and later moving to Winnipeg in 1927. He retired from the company as Secretary-Treaurer, in 1956. He served as president of the Manitoba Club (1955-1957), a member of the St. Charles Country Club and Lakewood Country Club, life member of the Pine Ridge Golf Club, life member of the Canadian Cancer Society, member of the Assiniboine Masonic Lodge, and the Khartum Shriners. He died at Winnipeg on 4 September 1972 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 7 September 1972.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 November 2018
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